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Coast Guard Lt. David Gilbert, commanding officer of the fast response cutter USCGC Richard Dixon, briefs chiefs of defense and public security ministers attending the 15th Caribbean Nations Security Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec. 7, 2016. Conferees examined trends, challenges and threats impacting stability in the Caribbean and defined a collective strategy to improve their forces’ collaboration in support of regional security. Southcom photo by Jose Ruiz

Dec. 9, 2016

Southcom Commander Stresses Need for Collaboration Against Threat Networks

WASHINGTON — The commander of U.S. Southern Command said trust, collaboration and innovation are necessary in fighting threat networks and their finances at the 15th Caribbean Nations Security Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Angel Moquete, assigned to the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron based at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., right, poses for a photo with a host-nation security force member in the Dominican Republic, Nov. 15, 2016. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks

Nov. 28, 2016

Face of Defense: Dominican Republic-Born Airman Serves Proudly

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Dominican Republic-born Air Force Staff Sgt. Angel Moquete, an air adviser assigned to the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron, serves proudly around the globe.

Colonel Douglas Lougee, Medical Element commander and pediatrician, weighs a child during Operation Pura Vida, a joint humanitarian mission and Medical Readiness Training Exercise at an indigenous region in the Caribbean province of Limón, Nov. 2. A Group of 16 JTF-Bravo medical professionals arrived in four helicopters from the 1st Battalion 228th Aviation Regiment and joined 30 Costa Rican physicians to provide basic healthcare services to approximately 300 residents of the indigenous village of Piedra Mesa, Telire region of Talamanca, Limón.

Nov. 15, 2016

JTF-Bravo, Costa Rican medical teams bring healthcare to remote indigenous village

LIMÓN, Costa Rica — A group of 16 doctors, nurses, dentists and other specialists from Joint Task Force-Bravo took part in Operation Pura Vida, a joint humanitarian mission and Medical Readiness Training Exercise at an indigenous region in the Caribbean province of Limón, Nov. 1 to 3. The group arrived in four helicopters from the 1st Battalion 228th Aviation Regiment and joined 30 Costa Rican physicians to provide basic healthcare services to approximately 300 residents of the indigenous village of Piedra Mesa, Telire region of Talamanca, Limón.

The Georgia National Guard has been selected as the U.S. partner for the Republic of Argentina as part of the Department of Defense State Partnership Program (SPP).

Nov. 10, 2016

Georgia National Guard announces State Partnership with Argentina

The Georgia National Guard has been selected as the U.S. partner for the Republic of Argentina as part of the Department of Defense State Partnership Program (SPP).

Oct. 27, 2016

Coast Guard marks the end of a record year in counterdrug operations

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Coast Guard marked the end of a record year in counterdrug operations as the crew of Cutter Waesche from Alameda, California, offloaded more than 39,000 pounds of cocaine in San Diego Thursday, October 27.

U.S. Army Soldiers from Fort Eustis greet members of the 689th Rapid Port Opening Element after returning from Haiti at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Oct. 20, 2016. The 689th RPOE worked with members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing, Defense Logistics Agency and other Department of Defense assets as part of a joint task force in a massive effort to receive and sort supplies for those in need as a result of Hurricane Matthew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tristan Biese)

Oct. 21, 2016

Soldiers, Airmen return from Haiti relief mission

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base Langley-Eustis website — A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Dover Air Force Base, Deleware, transported about 20 members of the 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Haiti to Joint Base Langley-Eustis Oct. 20, 2016. The Soldiers spent about two weeks supporting disaster relief and humanitarian assistance efforts as a result of Hurricane Matthew.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez offloads 2,367 pounds of cocaine following the interdiction of a vessel north of Puerto Rico, Aug. 28, 2016. While fighting the drug trade remains important, the commander of U.S. Southern Command told a National Defense University audience Oct. 18, 2016, that increasing regional cooperation, real-time information sharing and multinational operations is necessary to overcoming a variety of transregional and transnational networks that threaten security and stability. Coast Guard photo by Ricardo Castrodad

Oct. 19, 2016

Southcom Commander Urges Cooperation Against Transregional Threats

WASHINGTON — Transregional and transnational networks and the growing illegal economies that support them undercut U.S. national interests in multiple nations, continents and regions, the U.S. Southern Command commander said.

The Canadian ship HMCS Shawinigan, the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard TTS QUINAM and the French Tank Landing Ship Dumont D'Urville, line up during the Tradewinds 2016 exercise in the Caribbean Sea, June 26, 2016. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Todd Stafford

Oct. 18, 2016

Admiral: Networked Threats Pose 'Significant Challenge' to Western Hemisphere

WASHINGTON — Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command, said networked threats in Latin America pose a danger to U.S. national security and erode stability in the region.

Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Brianna Conway, center, and Haitian volunteers unload supplies from a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter at Les Cayes, Haiti, Oct. 17, 2016. Conway is assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brianna Gaudi

Oct. 18, 2016

U.S. Military Concludes Haiti Post-Hurricane Humanitarian Effort

WASHINGTON — The 400 service members who took part in Hurricane Matthew humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti are expected to return home soon, Navy Admiral Kurt W. Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command, told reporters.

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilots with Company A, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, deployed in support of Joint Task Force Matthew, fly toward Jeremie, Haiti, Oct. 10, 2016. JTF Matthew, a U.S. Southern Command-directed team, is comprised of Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command and soldiers from Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, and is deployed to Port-au-Prince at the request of the Government of Haiti on a mission to provide humanitarian and disaster relief assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.

Oct. 11, 2016

U.S. Military Task Force Aids Humanitarian Efforts in Haiti

WASHINGTON — U.S. military personnel, ships, aircraft and humanitarian relief supplies arrived in Haiti over the weekend in support of the small island-nation after it was hard hit by Hurricane Matthew’s wrath.